Please select ONE of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment.
Please select ONE of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment. Please email me with your selection by August 1, 2015 at: Jacquelyn_Hudson-Raila@dpsk12.org. Thank you and have a good summer! Mrs. Raila
PS
Yes, they ALL have Spark Notes, BUT you still need to bring a hard copy of the book!
Ernest Hemingway novels:
The Sun Also Rises (set in Post WWI Paris/ tragic love story)
A Farewell to Arms (wounded soldier in WWI falls in love – tragic ending)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (American fighting in the Mexican Civil War-tragic end)
John Steinbeck novels:
Of Mice and Men (two friends work as migrant workers/also two movies)
The Pearl (SHORT/natives dive and find valuable pearl that seems cursed)
Tortilla Flat (carousing friends mourn a friend’s death)
F. Scott Fitzgerald novel:
The Great Gatsby (set in ROARING 20’s/both movies are good to watch too)
Mark Twain novels:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (NOT just the movie)
The Prince and the Pauper (switched identities)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (funny/time travel)
Please select ONE of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment.
Please email me with your selection by August 1, 2015 at: Jacquelyn_Hudson-Raila@dpsk12.org.
Thank you and have a good summer!
Mrs. Raila
Alexie, Sherman. **The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian**.
Bruchac, Joseph. **Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling**.
Jiang, Ji-Li. **Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution**.
Magoon, Kekla. **How It Went Down**.
Park, Linda Sue. **When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II**.
Quintero, Isabel. **Gabi: A Girl in Pieces**.
Stork, Francisco X.. **The Last Summer of the Death Warriors**.
Tingle, Tim. **House of Purple Cedar**.
Yang, Gene Luen. **American Born Chinese**.
American Literature students of 2015-2016,
Please select ONE of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment.
Please email me with your selection by August 1, 2015 at: Jacquelyn_Hudson-Raila@dpsk12.org.
Thank you and have a good summer!
Mrs. Raila
PS
Yes, they ALL have Spark Notes, BUT you still need to bring a hard copy of the book!
Ernest Hemingway novels:
John Steinbeck novels:
F. Scott Fitzgerald novel:
Mark Twain novels: